Pl a nnerMichiana’s bi-monthly Guide to WNIT Public Television Issue No. 2 March — April 2018
Surges Into Second Season A Message from Greg Giczi President and GM, WNIT Public Television Board of Directors
Chairman Susan Ohmer, Ph.D. Vice Chairs Hello WNIT Donors! Robert G. Douglass James Hillman Thank you for your viewership and financial support of WNIT. Every viewer and donor is President and important to our success. As a community-owned non-profit organization, public service General Manager is our bottom line. As our revenue grows, it will go into extra programming and services to Greg Giczi benefit you. Treasurer William J. Schmuhl, Jr. We are finally able to share some exciting news with you. PBS and the BBC have teamed Secretary together to produce Civilizations, a 9-part series that tells the history of art from the Hayley G. Boling beginning of human history to modern day. Inspired by Civilization, Kenneth Clark’s Directors landmark 1969 series about Western art, the series expands to the “world” of art and is Jim Arnold Tania Bengtsson filmed on six continents. The series is visually stunning and will appeal to all generations. David L. Bankoff, MD WNIT is pleased to present Civilizations, Tuesdays at 8pm beginning on April 17. Thomas G. Coley, Ph.D. Marvin Curtis March is the month for the largest membership drive of the year. As a donor to WNIT, Katy Demarais Joel D. Duthie please encourage other viewers to support the programs they watch by becoming a member Rebecca Espinoza-Kubacki of WNIT. During March, we pause our regular schedule of programs for a variety of Mary Horan interesting special programs. A few of the entertainment programs which caught my eye Katherine Humphreys Paul Jordan feature Celtic Woman, Jimmy Buffett and the Rolling Stones. Inside thisPlanner magazine Christine M. Maziar you will find a listing and description of the many entertaining and informative programs Mary Louise Miller we will present. Although you may be a current member, this may be a way to increase your Pat Moody Steven J. Perlewitz donation and also receive a gift premium. Mike Pound Roger Rader Later in the month, we start thinking baseball, with an encore broadcast of the two-part Cari Shein documentary about the life of Jackie Robinson. The seventh season of Thomas E. Slager Call the Midwife James M. Summers premieres March 18 and will introduce some new characters. And on March 27, Independent Kimberley Bow Sundy Lens: Dolores tells the story of Dolores Huerta, a defiant and unheralded feminist activist Michael Wargo Patrick Welch who fought alongside Cesar Chavez for racial and labor justice. Charter Directors I love a good mystery. Masterpiece presents Unforgotten beginning April 8 at 9pm. Police Arthur J. Decio Jerry Hammes officers investigate the cold-case murder of a boy whose diary implicates four seemingly Ernestine M. Raclin unconnected couples. Sounds like a good English murder-mystery to me! Jane Warner* Dar Wiekamp* I am so proud to offer the programming we present. WNIT is so different from everything Honorary Life Director else on the dial. Every program strives to expand your knowledge in an entertaining and Carmi Murphy informative way. *Deceased Charter Director WNIT belongs to you. Thank you. Happy viewing.
Greg Giczi President & General Manager
2 What’s Worth Watching March 7 Membership Corner 24 Worth Watching April 10 WNIT Kids Club 25 Inside? Primetime March 14 Production News 26 Primetime April 16 Honor Roll Members 28 Daytime Programming 18 Directors’ Circle 29 Overnight Programming 20 WNIT Supporters 30
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WNIT EducationCounts_Michiana
EducationCounts_Michiana is a weekly, prime-time program series and internet-based resource, launched in November 2016, that highlights positive examples of learning from birth to retirement, and all ages in between. Through collaboration of the entire community, families, parents, students, businesses, philanthropy and our government, EducationCounts_Michiana has opened avenues to identify educational problems, explain the complexities causing the problems, and in the end, bring understanding and collaboration to find solutions.
EducationCounts_Michiana airs Wednesdays at 7pm and Sundays at 1:30pm on WNIT 34.1, and Fridays at 4pm on WNIT 34.2.
Worth Watching March Visit wnit.org/programs for more!
#MeToo, Now What? Masterpiece: Victoria, Season 2
All programs are on both 34.1 and 34.2 MASTERPIECE: BRIT FLOYD: unless noted. March membership VICTORIA, SEASON 2 FINALE THE WORLD’S GREATEST programming is featured in orange. Sunday, March 4, 7:30pm PINK FLOYD SHOW LIVE Wednesday, March 8, 8pm ; #METOO, NOW WHAT? Christmas 1846, a pregnant Victoria faces the festive season without her beloved Baroness Thursday, March 9, 12am and Friday, March 2, 7:30pm Lehzen. Albert wants to transform the palace Sunday, March 11, 9pm In the current moment, when sexual harassment into a magical, seasonal wonderland, but tensions This extravagant show brings together all the best is at the forefront of the national conversation, mount when he invites some unwelcome guests. elements of a real Pink Floyd concert – world-class #METOO, NOW WHAT? aims to take the Underwritten in part by Elkhart Audiology Rehab, musicians, cutting edge Floydian animations and discussion to another level, engaging both Halbritter-Wickens Funeral Services, Holy Cross Village at a staggering new stage production. women and men from all generations and walks Notre Dame, Marcus Realty LLC and Snite Museum of Art of life in dialogue about these difficult issues. CELTIC WOMAN: JIMMY BUFFETT: BURIED TREASURE DOO WOP GENERATIONS: HOMECOMING IRELAND Monday, March 5, 8pm and Monday, March 12, 8pm and MY MUSIC Tuesday, March 13, 11:30pm Saturday, March 3, 8pm ; Sunday, March 11, 7pm Thursday, March 8, 9:30pm With their Homecoming tour, Celtic Woman Featuring the music of Jimmy’s “pre-beach” years and Saturday, March 10, 4:30pm continues to transcend national and cultural and revealing stories of what got him started in boundaries to celebrate the timeless emotion of music, his early struggles, his determination and Now, for the first time ever, many of the original Ireland’s centuries-old heritage. the endless days on the road. legends of Doo Wop reunite and return for a sentimental and emotion-packed, all-new night of nostalgia. MISTER ROGERS: IT’S YOU I LIKE MAGIC MOMENTS: Tuesday, March 6, 8pm THE BEST OF 50s POP Tuesday, March 13, 8pm RHYTHM AND BLUES 40: MISTER ROGERS: IT’S YOU I LIKE, A SOUL SPECTACULAR hosted by actor Michael Keaton, celebrates Phyllis McGuire, Pat Boone and Nick Clooney Saturday, March 3, 10:30pm MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD, host this nostalgic trip back to the 1950s. The which premiered nationally 50 years ago. program’s mix of live performance and archival This show brings together legendary artists of footage takes viewers back to the era’s pop music the 1960s and 1970s for a once-in-a-lifetime days with classic moments from Patti Page, Perry event. Ben E. King and The Drifters, Jerry Butler Como, Debbie Reynolds, the McGuire Sisters reuniting with The Impressions, as well as The and more. Isley Brothers, Percy Sledge and many more perform.
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Queen: Rock the World Ireland’s Wild Coast
QUEEN: ROCK THE WORLD THE ROLLING STONES: IRISH CATSKILLS: DANCING Tuesday, March 13, 10pm STICKY FINGERS AT AT THE CROSSROADS Music journalist Bob Harris follows Queen on THE FONDA THEATRE Tuesday, March 20, 8pm their U.S. tour as part of a proposed documentary, Thursday, March 15, 10pm and This documentary revisits New York’s famed which has remained incomplete and unreleased Saturday, March 17, 10pm vacation spot and explores the factors that led to until now. Witness the night of May 20, 2015 when the the Catskills’ boom and bust, from a successful band performed the entire Sticky Fingers album labor union deal and a flood of Irish immigration RHYTHM, LOVE & SOUL: live in concert for the first and so far only time in in the 1950s to the ubiquity of air conditioning, their career. cheap air fares, and cultural assimilation in later MY MUSIC decades. Wednesday, March 14, 8pm and Saturday, March 17, 5:30pm IRELAND’S WILD COAST NATURE: FOREST OF THE LYNX Featuring hosts Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls, Saturday, May 17, 2:30pm & and twenty other legends of R&B, Motown, and 5:30pm Wednesday, March 21, 8pm soul, reuniting to perform their biggest romantic This special features Ireland’s west coast and Explore the regeneration and transformation and soul hits from the 60s and 70s. wildlife wonders including a glimpse of Skellig of the unmanaged forests of the Kalkalpen Rocks, breaching humpback whales, golden National Park in Austria, the largest wilderness THE BIG BAND YEARS eagles and red deer. area in the Alps. Thursday, March 15, 8pm and Underwritten in part by Martin’s Super Markets, Select Health Network and South Bend Cubs Sunday, March 18, 8pm JACKIE ROBINSON PART 1 & 2 This Big Band retrospective features the music Monday, March 19 and Tuesday, NOVA: ROMAN that brought the country through WWII and March 20, 9pm CATACOMB MYSTERY kick-started the baby boom. The program mixes Jackie Robinson, a two-part, four-hour film Wednesday, March 21, 9pm vintage live, rare and unreleased footage of bands directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David and vocalists from the 1930s and 40s. Follow along as maintenance workers stumble McMahon, tells the story of an American icon upon six caverns stacked with hundreds of whose life-long battle for first class citizenship skeletons in the Catacombs of Rome. for all African Americans transcends even his Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank, Select Health remarkable athletic achievements. Network, South Bend Cubs and Zimmer Biomet
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Call the Midwife, Season 7 Nature: Leave it to Beavers
WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND MASTERPIECE: DARK ANGEL NATURE: LEAVE IT TO BEAVERS Friday, March 23, 9pm Sunday, March 25, 10pm Wednesday, March 28, 8pm WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND profiles the This one-night drama tells the extraordinary Scientists, conservationists and environmental- first group of young women to participate in an true story of Victorian poisoner Mary Ann ists reveal how beavers can transform and revive Outward Bound survival school course in 1965 Cotton, played by Golden Globe winner and landscapes. and chronicles their experiences in the wild. Emmy award nominee Joanne Froggatt of Underwritten in part by Martin’s Super Markets, Select It also captures how one month in the woods DOWNTON ABBEY. Health Network and South Bend Cubs taught them they could do more than they ever Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank , KoZmo Events, thought possible. Snite Museum of Art, The History Museum, Wagon Wheel NOVA: THE GREAT MATH Center for the Arts and Van Horne Jeweler MYSTERY Wednesday, March 28, 9pm THE RISE AND FALL INTO THE NIGHT: PORTRAITS OF THE BROWN BUFFALO OF LIFE AND DEATH THE GREAT MATH MYSTERY, with a Friday, march 23, 10pm Monday, March 26, 9pm colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN The two-hour film features nine men and women Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate BUFFALO is an innovative look into the life grappling with the universal questions posed by riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? of radical Chicano lawyer, author, and counter- our mortality. How do we endure when we know Humankind’s clever trick? Or the language of cultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta – best known death is near? the universe? for his volatile friendship with legendary journalist-provocateur, Hunter S. Thompson. Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank, Select Health INDEPENDENT LENS: DOLORES Network, South Bend Cubs and Zimmer Biomet Tuesday, March 27, 9pm CALL THE MIDWIFE, SEASON 7 WWII MEGA WEAPONS: Sunday, March 25, 8pm & 9pm and Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who BATTLESHIP YAMATO Saturday, March 31, 11pm tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice Wednesday, March 28, 10pm alongside Cesar Chavez, becoming one of the Poplar welcomes Lucille Anderson, the first West most defiant – and unheralded – feminist In 1934 the Japanese begin designing The Indian midwife to be featured as a series regular. activists of the 20th century. Yamato, the most powerful battleship in history. Tested as never before, the nuns and nurses face And on Okinawa, the Japanese decide one island challenging issues, from leprosy, tokophobia and will be their last bastion of defense. stroke to Huntington’s chorea and unmarried mothers. Underwritten in part by Fairhaven Obstetrics & Gynecology and Goshen Birth Center
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Masterpiece: The Child in Time Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
All programs are on both 34.1 and 34.2 MASTERPIECE: AUTISM: COMING OF AGE unless noted. April membership THE CHILD IN TIME Monday, April 2, 10pm programming is featured in orange. Sunday, April 1, 9pm This one-hour documentary provides an inside look at the lives of three adults with autism MASTERPIECE: A moment of distraction triggers a crisis in the lives of a happy, successful British couple in the and includes interviews with their families and DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 haunting tale of a lost child and redeemed love. support teams. Sundays at 3pm Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank, KoZmo Events, It is a time of tremendous change in 1920, but for Snite Museum of Art, The History Museum, Wagon Wheel ROADS TO MEMPHIS: the Crawley family it might be the end, following Center for the Arts and Van Horne Jeweler AMERICAN EXPERIENCE a bad investment, which results in a tremendous Tuesday, April 3, 8pm loss of money. LITTLE WOMEN: A TIMELESS STORY ROADS TO MEMPHIS is the fateful Underwritten in part by Anderson, Agostino & Keller, Food narrative of the killer and his prey, told through Bank of Northern Indiana, Gene’s Camera Store and Judee’s Sunday, April 1, 10:30pm eyewitness testimony from King’s inner circle A preview of the upcoming Masterpiece series CALL THE MIDWIFE, SEASON 7 and the officials involved in Ray’s capture and based on the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel prosecution following an intense two-month Sundays at 8pm and that follows four sisters on their journey from international manhunt. Saturdays at 11pm childhood to adulthood set against the backdrop Poplar welcomes Lucille Anderson, the first West of the American Civil War. BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: Indian midwife to be featured as a series regular. Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank, KoZmo Events, AND STILL I RISE Tested as never before, the nuns and nurses face Snite Museum of Art, The History Museum, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts and Van Horne Jeweler Tuesday, April 3 & 4, 9pm challenging issues, from leprosy, tokophobia and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is joined by leading stroke to Huntington’s chorea and unmarried INDEPENDENT LENS: mothers. scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people DOLORES who shaped these years, embarking on a deeply Underwritten in part by Fairhaven Obstetrics & Gynecology and Goshen Birth Center Monday, April 2, 12am personal journey through the last fifty years of Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who African American history. tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Cesar Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant — and unheralded — feminist activists of the 20th century.
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Soundbreaking: I Am My Music Independent Lens: When God Sleeps
NATURE SOUNDBREAKING LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, Wednesdays at 8pm Friday, April 6 & 13 SEASON 3 Sex, Lies & Butterflies – April 4 Going Electric – April 6, 9pm Sundays at 10:30pm Follows butterflies on their lives from egg to Explore how amps and electrification (beginning April 8) caterpillar to chrysalis to the emergence of the transformed sound. Celia and Alan’s marriage is tested by past full-blown, winged creature. Four on the Floor – April 6, 10pm revelations and Gillian has to deal with her own Moose: Life of a Twig Eater – April 11 “Four on the Floor” gives a look at rhythm in complicated love life. Meanwhile, Caroline is Explore the world of moose in the Canadian music, the pulse that stirs our senses. living in domestic bliss until a sudden tragedy. Rockies, focusing on a calf’s first year of life. The World is Yours – April 6, 11pm Natural Born Rebels – April 25 “The World is Yours” looks at the art of sampling YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED From a promiscuous prairie dog to a and the musical revolution it inspired. Sunday, April 8 & 15, 11:30pm kleptomaniac crab and an alpha chimpanzee Sound and Vision – April 13, 9pm YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED extends who reigns with an iron fist, this three-part series Follow the rise of MTV and how video an engraved invitation to viewers, welcoming introduces the most rebellious animals in the overhauled the industry. them as guests in impressive privately owned natural world. estates containing distinguished collections of I Am My Music – April 13, 10pm Underwritten in part by Martin’s Super Markets, Select artwork, furniture and other design elements. Health Network and South Bend Cubs Explore how formats, from the LP to mp3s, have shaped our musical lives. INDEPENDENT LENS: OUR TOWN: BENTON HARBOR WHEN GOD SLEEPS Thursday, April 5, 8pm MASTERPIECE: Monday, April 9, 12am While known today as the twin to its resort- UNFORGOTTEN, SEASON 1 WHEN GOD SLEEPS is a rap-punk-rock town sister, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor has strong Sundays at 9pm documentary about Iranian musician Shahin roots in an agricultural past and is fulfilling a (beginning April 8) Najafi, who is forced into hiding after hardline promising future as an arts and shopping district. Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar star as clerics issue a fatwa for his death, incensed by a Take an inside look at Benton Harbor through police officers investigating the cold-case rap song that focuses on the oppression of women the eyes of volunteer videographers. murder of a boy whose diary implicates four and human rights abuses. Underwritten in part by Cooper Boettger CPAs, Cornerstone seemingly unconnected couples in a thriller Alliance, Crystal Springs Florist & Garden Center, Lake Michigan College – The Mendel Center, Lakeland that The Guardian hailed as “so much more than HealthCare, Priebe’s Creative Woodworking, Southwestern a satisfying murder mystery.” Michigan Tourist Council and United Federal Credit Union Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank , KoZmo Events, Snite Museum of Art, The History Museum, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts and Van Horne Jeweler
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GI Jews: Jewish Americans in WWII Civilizations
NOVA OUR TOWN: ST. JOSEPH OUR TOWN: SYRACUSE Wednesdays at 9pm Thursday, April 12, 8pm Thursday, April 19, 8pm Holocaust Escape Tunnel – April 11 St. Joseph is carefully nestled on the southern Take an inside look at Syracuse, home of Lake Archaeologists discover a tunnel near Vilnius, tip of what has been termed “The Riviera of Wawasee, the largest natural lake in Indiana, Lithuania, which served as an escape route for the Midwest.” Take an in-depth tour of the as well as other attractions Syracuse has to offer Jews fleeing the Nazis during World War II. deep-water port town through the eyes of local through the eyes of volunteer videographers. Living With the Weather Machine – volunteer videographers and see what makes St. Jasper Plastics, Kosciusko County Community Foundation, Joseph the great tourist spot it is. Lakeland Animal Clinic, Main Channel Marina, April 18, 8pm Maxwelton Golf Club, Mutual Bank, Poly-Wood LLC, Pro Scheduled to air on Earth Day, see the Underwritten in part by Cooper Boettger CPAs, Cornerstone Wake Watersports, Sweeper Remedy, Todd Realty Inc., Town Alliance, Crystal Springs Florist & Garden Center, Hanson of Syracuse, Wawasee Boat Co. Inc. and Westmain Tavern comprehensive, authoritative documentary on Group, Harbor Town Interiors, Lake Michigan College – climate change. The Mendel Center, Lakeland HealthCare, Priebe’s Creative Woodworking, Silver Beach Carousel, Southwestern LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER Bird Brain – April 25, 10pm Michigan Tourist Council, Starks Funeral Home, The Scientists test avian aptitude with brainteasers Willows Assisted Living and United Federal Credit Union Friday, April 20 & 27, 9pm that reveal acute intelligence. A four-part special presentation features musical Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank, Select Health SISTER WENDY AT THE stars Stephanie J. Block, the Tony-nominated Network, South Bend Cubs and Zimmer Biomet NORTON SIMON MUSEUM performer featured in Lincoln Center Theater’s Monday, April 16, 10pm Falsettos as well as Wicked; Sutton Foster, Tony Award-winner for Anything Goes and Thoroughly GI JEWS: Sister Wendy Beckett, the world-famous “art Modern Millie; Leslie Odom, Jr., Tony Award- JEWISH AMERICANS IN WWII nun,” offers her unique and personal guide to one winner for his legendary performance as Aaron Wednesday, April 11, 10pm of the most extraordinary collections of the Old Burr in Hamilton; and Andrew Rannells, Grammy- A profound salute to patriotism and perseverance, Masters, Impressionist, Modern and Asian art in winner as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon. GI JEWS: JEWISH AMERICANS IN the United States. WORLD WAR II honors the often overlooked WILL.I.AM – LANDMARKS half a million Jews who defended the country CIVILIZATIONS despite bigotry in their ranks. LIVE IN CONCERT: Tuesdays at 8pm GREAT PERFORMANCE SPECIAL (beginning April 17) Friday, April 20, 10pm Explore the power of art, from the earliest Join will.i.am at London’s Royal Albert Hall as civilizations to the present, for the first time on a he reunites with the Black Eyed Peas for the first global scale. The series reveals the role art and the time on stage in more than a decade. creative imagination have played in the forging of humanity and introduces new generations to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination. = InFocus only = WNIT only
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Little Women: A Timeless Story Independent Lens: What Lies Upstream
LITTLE WOMEN: A TIMELESS STORY Sunday, April 22, 7pm A preview of the upcoming MASTERPIECE series based on the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel that follows four sisters on their journey from childhood to adulthood set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Underwritten in part by 1st Source Bank , KoZmo Events, Snite Museum of Art, The History Museum, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts and Van Horne Jeweler
INDEPENDENT LENS: WHAT LIES UPSTREAM Monday, April 23, 12am This detective story uncovers the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months in West Virginia.
OUR TOWN: BUCHANAN Thursday, April 26, 8pm Buchanan, also known as “Redbud City,” is located in southwestern Michigan. It is a traditional Midwestern small town with a thriving downtown and tree- lined streets. Follow along through the eyes of local videographers as they take a look at Buchanan, where “Life is Better Here.” Underwritten in part by American Legion #51, Bear Cave RV Campground, Brookwood Golf Course, Buchanan Art Center, Buchanan Meadows, Buchanan Moose Lodge, Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Preserve, Fitness Industry, Dr. Joyce Jilek DDS, Lake Michigan College – The Mendel Center, Michigan Gateway Community Foundation, Mill Pond Apartments, Red Bud MX, RMC Quality Construction, SEMCO Energy, Sonny’s Restaurant, Tabor Hill Winery & Restaurant, United Federal Credit Union, Vite Greenhouses and Weld’s Sales & Services
INDEPENDENT LENS: LOOK & SEE – WENDELL BERRY’S KENTUCKY Monday, April 30, 12am See the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture as seen through the mind’s eye of award-winning writer and farmer Wendell Berry.
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March (Programs subject to change)
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1 Thu Masterpiece Mystery: Grantchester Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 9 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis PBS NewsHour #MeToo, Washington Week Frontline Memory Rescue 2 Fri Now What?
3 Sat Doo Wop Generations (My Music) Rhythm & Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular
4 Sun Masterpiece: Victoria: Season 2, Ep. 7 Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott The Better Brain Solution
5 Mon Celtic Woman - Homecoming: Ireland Memory Rescue
6 Tue Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like 80s Pop, Rock & Soul 3 Steps to Health
7 Wed Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich 10 Day Belly Slimdown with Dr. Kellyann The Brain Mind
8 Thu Brit Floyd: Live Doo Wop Generations (My Music) #MeToo, Washington Week Rick Steves’ Special: European Easter Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? With Mark Hyman, MD 9 Fri Now What?
10 Sat Rhythm, Love & Soul (7pm) Concert for George Celtic Woman - Brit Floyd: Live 70s Soul Superstars 11 Sun Homecoming: Ireland (7pm)
12 Mon Jimmy Buffett: Buried Treasure Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott Stories From the Vietnam War
13 Tue Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop Queen: Rock the World Jimmy Buffett
14 Wed Rhythm, Love & Soul (My Music) Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? With Mark Hyman, MD
15 Thu The Big Band Years Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers at the Fonda Theater #MeToo, Washington Week Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful Retire, Safe & Secure 16 Fri Now What?
17 Sat 70s Soul Superstars Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers at the Fonda Theater
18 Sun The Big Band Years Classical Rewind Suze Orman
19 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Spokane Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 PBS NewsHour Irish Catskills: Jackie Robinson, Pt. 2 PBS NewsHour 20 Tue Dancing at the Crossroads
21 Wed Nature: Forest of the Lynx NOVA: Roman Catacomb Mystery WWII Mega Weapons PBS NewsHour
22 Thu Masterpiece Mystery: Grantchester Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 10 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane PBS NewsHour #MeToo, Washington Week Women Outward Bound The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo PBS NewsHour 23 Fri Now What?
24 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Spokane As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Secrets of Highclere Castle
25 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 1 Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 2 Masterpiece: Dark Angel
26 Mon Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death PBS NewsHour
27 Tue TBA Independent Lens: Dolores PBS NewsHour
28 Wed Nature: Leave it to Beavers NOVA: The Great Math Mystery WWII Mega Weapons PBS NewsHour
29 Thu Secrets of Westminster Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 11 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis PBS NewsHour #MeToo, Washington Week Soundbreaking: The Art of Recording Soundbreaking: Painting With Sound Soundbreaking: The Human Instrument 30 Fri Now What?
31 Sat Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 1
14 Primetime – (34.2)
March (Programs subject to change)
8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm Prohibition: Dinner & A Book Amanpour on PBS Masterpiece: Victoria, Season 2 Finale Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis 1 Thu Wet vs. Dry Experience Amanpour on PBS Live From the Artists Den Variety Studio Music City Roots Live 2 Fri Michiana Live at the The Great British Baking Show Family Ingredients Chef’s Life BBQ with Franklin Austin City Limits 3 Sat Charleston 4 Sun TBA TBA Tales From the Royal Bedchamber Shakespeare’s Curse Austin City Limits 5 Mon Museum Access Amanpour on PBS American Creed Independent Lens: Little White Lie Forgotten Ellis Island 6 Tue Wealthtrack Amanpour on PBS Father Brown: Season 1, Ep. 9 In Their Own Words: Jim Henson American Experience: Influenza 7 Wed Economic Outlook Amanpour on PBS NOVA: Iceman Murder Mystery Plants Behaving Badly We’ll Meet Again 8 Thu Dinner & A Book Amanpour on PBS In Their Own Words: Muhammad Ali Antiques Roadshow: Spokane Evening with Franklin Thomas Experience Amanpour on PBS Live From the Artists Den Variety Studio Music City Roots Live 9 Fri Michiana Live at the The Great British Baking Show Family Ingredients Chef’s Life BBQ with Franklin Austin City Limits 10 Sat Charleston 11 Sun Widower, Pt. 1 Widower, Pt. 2 Widower, Pt. 3 Austin City Limits 12 Mon Museum Access Amanpour on PBS In Their Own Words: Queen Elizabeth II Independent Lens: Born to Fly Attakapas: The Cajun Story Grand Coulee Dam: Wealthtrack Amanpour on PBS Father Brown: Season 1, Ep. 10 Dead Reckoning: War & Justice 13 Tue American Experience 14 Wed Economic Outlook Amanpour on PBS NOVA: Secrets of the Sun Plants Behaving Badly We’ll Meet Again 15 Thu Dinner & A Book Amanpour on PBS Royal Wives at War Antiques Roadshow: Spokane Defeating Cancer Experience Amanpour on PBS Live From the Artists Den Art in the 21st Century Music City Roots Live 16 Fri Michiana Live at the The Great British Baking Show Family Ingredients Chef’s Life BBQ with Franklin Austin City Limits 17 Sat Charleston 18 Sun Queen’s Garden Royal Wives at War Secrets of Highclere Castle Austin City Limits 19 Mon Museum Access Amanpour on PBS 1916: The Irish Rebellion, Pt. 1 1916: The Irish Rebellion, Pt. 2 1916: The Irish Rebellion, Pt. 3 20 Tue Wealthtrack Amanpour on PBS Father Brown: Season 2, Ep. 1 Murder of a President: American Experience 21 Wed Economic Outlook Amanpour on PBS Animal R&R, Pt. 1 Animal R&R, Pt. 2 We’ll Meet Again WWII Mega Weapons: Dinner & A Book Amanpour on PBS Antiques Roadshow: Spokane Otherwise It’s Just Firewood 22 Thu Tunnels of Okinawa Experience Amanpour on PBS Infinity Hall Art in the 21st Century Music City Roots Live 23 Fri Michiana Live at the The Great British Baking Show Family Ingredients Chef’s Life BBQ with Franklin Austin City Limits 24 Sat Charleston 25 Sun Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact You Are Cordially Invited Afropop Austin City Limits 26 Mon Museum Access Amanpour on PBS Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death We Knew What We Had 27 Tue Wealthtrack Amanpour on PBS Father Brown: Season 2, Ep. 2 Mine Wars: American Experience 28 Wed Economic Outlook Amanpour on PBS Animal R&R Animal R&R We’ll Meet Again WWII Mega Weapons: Dinner & A Book Amanpour on PBS Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis Keeper of the Beat 29 Thu Battleship Yamato Experience Amanpour on PBS Infinity Hall Art in the 21st Century Music City Roots Live 30 Fri Michiana Live at the The Great British Baking Show Family Ingredients Chef’s Life BBQ with Franklin Austin City Limits 31 Sat Charleston
15 Primetime – (34.1)
April (Programs subject to change)
8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm
1 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 3 Masterpiece: The Child in Time Little Women Secrets of the Manor House
2 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Portland Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock Autism: Coming of Age PBS NewsHour Roads to Memphis: Black America Sink MLK: And Still I Rise, Pt. 1 PBS NewsHour 3 Tue American Experience
4 Wed Nature: Sex, Lies & Butterflies Black America Sink MLK: And Still I Rise, Pt. 2 PBS NewsHour
5 Thu Our Town: Benton Harbor Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 12 Antiques Roadshow: Portland PBS NewsHour #MeToo, Washington Week Soundbreaking: Going Electric Soundbreaking: Four on the Floor Soundbreaking: The World is Yours 6 Fri Now What?
7 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Portland As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 3 You Are Cordially Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 4 Masterpiece: Unforgotten, Season 1, Ep. 1 Last Tango in Halifax 8 Sun Invited
9 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Portland Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock Spectrum: A Story of the Mind PBS NewsHour
10 Tue TBA TBA Frontline PBS NewsHour
11 Wed Nature: Moose - A Twig Eater NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel GI Jews: The Jewish Americans in WWII PBS NewsHour
12 Thu Our Town: St. Joseph Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 13 Antiques Roadshow: Portland PBS NewsHour
13 Fri Washington Week In Principle Soundbreaking: Sound and Vision Soundbreaking: I Am My Music PBS NewsHour
14 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Portland As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 4 You Are Cordially Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 5 Masterpiece: Unforgotten, Season 1, Ep. 2 Last Tango in Halifax 15 Sun Invited Sister Wendy at the Antiques Roadshow: Portland Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock PBS NewsHour 16 Mon Norton Simon Museum
17 Tue Civilizations, Pt. 1 TBA Frontline PBS NewsHour
18 Wed NOVA: Living With the Weather Machine POV: Bill Nye - The Science Guy PBS NewsHour
19 Thu Our Town: Syracuse Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 14 Antiques Roadshow: Portland PBS NewsHour
20 Fri Washington Week In Principle Live From Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster will.i.am: Landmarks Live in Concert PBS NewsHour
21 Sat Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop The Better Brain Solution with Steven Masley, MD Portrait of a Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 6 Masterpiece: Unforgotten, Season 1, Ep. 3 Last Tango in Halifax 22 Sun Landscape Secrets of the Dead: Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay Antiques Roadshow: Charleston PBS NewsHour 23 Mon Mona Lisa Mystery
24 Tue Civilizations, Pt. 2 TBA Frontline PBS NewsHour NOVA Wonders: Nature: Natural Born Rebels, Pt. 1 NOVA: Bird Brain PBS NewsHour 25 Wed What Are Animals Saying?
26 Thu Our Town: Buchanan Father Brown: Season 3, Ep. 15 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay PBS NewsHour Live From Lincoln Center: Washington Week In Principle International Jazz Day From Cuba 2018 PBS NewsHour 27 Fri Leslie Odom, Jr.
28 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay As Time Goes By Keeping Up Appearances Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 5
29 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 7, Ep. 7 Masterpiece: Unforgotten, Season 1, Ep. 1 Last Tango in Halifax The Poor Farm Secrets of the Dead: Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay Antiques Roadshow: Charleston PBS NewsHour 30 Mon Lost Gardens of Babylon 16 Primetime – (34.1) Primetime – (34.2)
April April (Programs subject to change)
8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm Secrets of the Dead: Live From Notre Dame Chef’s Life Austin City Limits 1 Sat Nero’s Sunken City
2 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 6, Ep. 1 Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 1 Wolf Hall Austin City Limits The Weekly Tavis Smiley Crowd & the Cloud Promise to My Father Amanpour on PBS 3 Mon Special
4 Tue Wealthtrack Tavis Smiley Father Brown: Season 1, Ep. 9 Call the Midwife Amanpour on PBS
5 Wed Economic Outlook Tavis Smiley Retire Safe & Secure Amanpour on PBS
6 Thu Dinner & A Book Tavis Smiley Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 1 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City Amanpour on PBS Experience Amanpour on PBS Texas Music Café Live From the Artist’s Den Amanpour on PBS 7 Fri Michiana
8 Sat Great British Baking Show Mind of a Chef Chef’s Life Secrets of the Dead: Leonardo Austin City Limits
9 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 6, Ep. 2 Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 2 Wolf Hall Austin City Limits The Weekly Tavis Smiley Crowd & the Cloud Great Transmission Amanpour on PBS 10 Mon Special
11 Tue Wealthtrack Tavis Smiley Father Brown: Season 1, Ep. 10 Call the Midwife Amanpour on PBS
12 Wed Economic Outlook Tavis Smiley Ireland’s Wild Coast, Pt.1 Ireland’s Wild Coast, Pt.2
13 Thu Dinner & A Book Tavis Smiley Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 2 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City Amanpour on PBS Experience Amanpour on PBS Kate Front and Center Amanpour on PBS 14 Fri Michiana Nazi Mega Weapons: Great British Baking Show Mind of a Chef Chef’s Life Austin City Limits 15 Sat Hitler’s Island Megafortress
16 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 6, Ep. 3 Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 3 Wolf Hall Austin City Limits The Weekly Independent Lens: Tavis Smiley Crowd & the Cloud Amanpour on PBS 17 Mon Special Seed - The Untold Story
18 Tue Wealthtrack Tavis Smiley Father Brown: Season 2, Ep. 1 Call the Midwife Amanpour on PBS
19 Wed Economic Outlook Tavis Smiley Friar Alessandro: The Voice of Assisi Great Moments From Soundbreaking
20 Thu Dinner & A Book Tavis Smiley Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 3 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City Amanpour on PBS Experience Amanpour on PBS Kate Front and Center Amanpour on PBS 21 Fri Michiana Grand Coulee Dam: Ecosense for Living By All Rights Austin City Limits 22 Sat American Experience
23 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 6, Ep. 4 Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 4 Wolf Hall Austin City Limits The Weekly Tavis Smiley Crowd & the Cloud Independent Lens: The Last Laugh Penny 24 Mon Special
25 Tue Wealthtrack Tavis Smiley Father Brown: Season 2, Ep. 2 Call the Midwife Amanpour on PBS
26 Wed Economic Outlook Tavis Smiley Tunnel: Sabotage Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay Nixon’s the One: The ’68 Election
27 Thu Dinner & A Book Tavis Smiley Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 4 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach Amanpour on PBS Experience Amanpour on PBS Kate Front and Center Amanpour on PBS 28 Fri Michiana
29 Sat Great British Baking Show Mind of a Chef Chef’s Life Wild Weather Austin City Limits
30 Sun Call the Midwife: Season 6, Ep. 5 Home Fires: Season 2, Ep. 5 Wolf Hall Austin City Limits
17 Daytime – (34.1)
M a rch /A pr il (Programs subject to change)
Denotes PBS Kids programming
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
6:00 am Body Electric Michigan Out-of-Doors Curious George 6:30 am Wild Kratts Best of Joy of Painting Curious George 7:00 am Ready Jet Go! Quilting Arts Peg + Cat 7:30 am The Cat in the Hat Fons & Porter Dinosaur Train
8:00 am Nature Cat Sewing With Nancy Cyberchase
8:30 am Curious George Sew It All Biz Kids
9:00 am Pinkalicious & Peterrific Fresh Quilting Outdoor Elements 9:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Knitting Daily Indiana Lawmakers
10:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Lidia’s Kitchen Inside INdiana Business 10:30 am Splash & Bubbles Dinner & A Book 11:00 am Sesame Street Milk Street Off the Record 11:30 am Super Why! America’s Test Kitchen Indiana Week in Review Noon Dinosaur Train Places to Love Washington Week 12:30 pm Peg + Cat Ellie’s Real Good Food Economic Outlook 1:00 pm Sesame Street Sara’s Weeknight Meals To the Contrary P. Allen Smith’s EducationCounts_ 1:30 pm Splash & Bubbles Garden Home Michiana 2:00 pm Curious George This Old House Politically Speaking
2:30 pm Pinkalicious & Peterrific Ask This Old House American Black Journal
3:00 pm Nature Cat Woodsmith’s Shop
3:30 pm Wild Kratts Woodwright’s Shop Masterpiece Classic 4:00 pm Wild Kratts Nature 4:30 pm Odd Squad Friday Fun Zone Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 pm Odd Squad PBS NewsHour Weekend PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 pm BBC World News America Experience Michiana #MeToo, Now What? 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Classic Gospel Antiques Roadshow 6:30 pm EducationCounts_ 7:00 pm Dinner & A Book Economic Outlook Michiana Experience Michiana Politically Speaking Lawrence Welk Father Brown Overheard with 7:30 pm Ray Stevens Cabaray Rick Steves’ Europe Outdoor Elements Under the Radar Evan Smith
18 Daytime – (34.2)
M a rch /A pr il (Programs subject to change)
Denotes PBS Kids programming
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
6:00 am Functional Fitness Mister Rogers Sid the Science Kid
6:30 am Classical Stretch Dinosaur Train Dinosaur Train
7:00 am Happy Yoga Jazzy Vegetarian Sit and Be Fit Paint This Foundations of Yoga Bob the Builder Sesame Street
7:30 am Yoga in Practice Dining with Chef Garden Smart Best of Joy of Painting Daytripper Daniel Tiger Daniel Tiger
8:00 am On Story Cook’s Country Make it Artsy Pinkalicious Pinkalicious This Old House Hour Globe Trekker 8:30 am On Story Motorweek Born to Explore Splash and Bubbles Splash and Bubbles
9:00 am Amanpour on PBS Curious George Mister Rogers
9:30 am Amanpour on PBS Nature Cat Mixed Nuts
10:00 am Ready Jet Go! Ready Jet Go! Democracy Now 10:30 am Wild Kratts Wild Kratts
11:00 am Native Report Knit & Crotchet Classical Stretch Delicious TV Happy Yoga Odd Squad SciGirls
11:30 am Daytripper Craftsman’s Legacy Yoga for Everyone Simply Ming Beyond Geek Arthur Arthur
Noon Rick Steves’ Europe America’s Heartland Cyberchase 12:30 pm Journeys in Japan Garden Home Under the Radar Milk Street On Story Ask This Old House To The Contrary 1:00 pm Jazzy Vegetarian Theater Talk This Old House Globe Trekker This Old House Hour History Detectives Great British Baking Show 1:30 pm Cooking 80/20 Song Writers This Old House Martha Stewart’s 2:00 pm Seeing Canada American Woodshop Best of Joy of Painting Dining With the Chef Ask This Old House Cooking School Austin City Limits 2:30 pm Travel Detective Woodsmith Shop Paint This Sara’s Weeknight Meals Motorweek Martha Bakes
3:00 pm Family Ingredients Garden Smart It’s Sew Easy Cook’s Country Woodwright’s Shop Chef’s Life Backstage Pass 3:30 pm Dream of Italy Love of Quilting Make it Artsy America’s Test Kitchen Chef's Life Family Ingredients EducationCounts_ Martha Stewart’s 4:00 pm America’s Heartland Fresh Quilting My Greek Table Michiana Cooking School Inside INdiana Business Great British Baking Show 4:30 pm Motorweek Weekly Special Martha Bakes Start Up Martha Bakes 5:00 pm Politically Speaking Indiana Week in Review Martha Stewart’s Inside INdiana Cooking School Business Front & Center History Detectives NOVA 5:30 pm IN Week in Review Growing Bolder Migrant Kitchen 6:00 pm Newsline PBS NewsHour Weekend PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 pm Nightly Business Report Overheard with Evan Smith Washington Week 7:00 pm PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Nature 7:30 pm
19 Overnight – (34.1)
March (Programs subject to changes)
Special membership programming shown in purple.
Thursday 1 Friday 9 Tuesday 20 Tuesday 27 Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight Brit Floyd Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight Nightly Business Report 12:30 am Amanpour 1: 30 am Brain Secrets 12:30 am Amanpour 12:30 am Amanpour 1:00 am Nature: Snowbound 3:00 am Retire Safe 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 2:00 am NOVA: Numbers 5:00 am Pain Survival Guide 2:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 2:00 am Call the Midwife 3:00 am Frontline 4:00 am Queen’s Garden 3:00 am Call the Midwife 4:30 am Emery Blagdon Saturday 10 5:00 am Royal Wives at War 4:00 am Dark Angel Midnight Food? What to Eat 5:00 am We’ll Meet Again 12:30 am 60s Pop, Rock, Soul Wednesday 21 Wednesday 28 Friday 2 2:30 am Rick Steves’ Special Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight Nightly Business Report 4:00 am Food? What to Eat 12:30 am Amanpour 12:30 am Amanpour 12:30 am Amanpour 1:00 am Al Capone 1:00 am Makers 1:00 am This Old House Sunday 11 2:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 2 2:00 am Independent Lens Midnight Suze Orman 2:00 am We’ll Meet Again 4:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 4:00 am Into the Night 3:00 am Concert for George 3:00 am Animal Creed 4:00 am Nature: Snowbound Thursday 22 Thursday 29 Monday 12 Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight Nightly Business Report 5:00 am NOVA: Chariots Midnight 70s Soul Superstars 12:30 am Amanpour 12:30 am Amanpour 1:00 am Rhythm, Love, Soul 1:00 am Nature: Forest of Lynx 1:00 am Nature: Beavers Saturday 3 3:00 am Age Reversed Midnight Nightly Business Report 2:00 am NOVA: Catacomb 2:00 am NOVA: Math 4:00 am Suze Orman 12:30 am BBC World News 3:00 am Al Capone 3:00 am WWII Mega Weapons 1:00 am Washington Week Tuesday 13 4:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 2 4:00 am Independent Lens 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? Midnight Retire Safe 2:00 am Frontline 2:00 am 70s Soul Superstars Friday 23 Friday 30 Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight Nightly Business Report 3:00 am Makers 4:30 am 3 Steps to Health 12:30 am Amanpour 12:30 am Amanpour 4:00 am We’ll Meet Again 1:00 am This Old House 1:00 am This Old House 5:00 am This Old House Wednesday 14 Midnight Jimmy Buffett 2:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 2:00 am Into the Night Sunday 4 12:30 am Food? What to Eat 4:00 am Nature: Forest of Lynx 4:00 am Nature: Beavers Midnight Rhythm & Blues 40 2:30 am Celtic Woman 5:00 am NOVA: Catacomb 5:00 am NOVA: Math 12:30 am 3 Steps to Health 4:30 am Queen 2:00 am Doo Wop Generation Saturday 24 Saturday 31 Midnight Nightly Business Report Midnight PBS NewsHour 4:30 am Brain Mind Body Thursday 15 Midnight Memory Rescue 12:30 am Amanpour 1:00 am Washington Week Monday 5 2:00 am Suze Orman 1:00 am Washington Week 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? Midnight Better Brain Solution 4:00 am Food? What to Eat? 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 2:00 am Soundbreaking 1:00 am Rick Steves’ Special 2:00 am Brown Buffalo 4:00 am Soundbreaking 2:30 am Age Reversed Friday 16 3:00 am Richard Pryor: Icon 5:00 am This Old House Midnight Best of 50s Pop 4:00 am Memory Rescue 4:00 am Al Capone: Icon 2:00 am Retire Safe 5:00 am This Old House Tuesday 6 4:00 am Big Band Years Midnight Suze Orman Sunday 25 2:00 am Celtic Woman Saturday 17 Midnight Austin City Limits Midnight Retire Safe 4:00 am Better Brain Solution 1:00 am NOVA: Catacomb 1:00 am Rolling Stones 2:00 am Nature: Forest of Lynx 3:00 am Jimmy Buffett Wednesday 7 3:00 am Al Capone: Icon Midnight 3 Steps to Health 4:00 am Johnny Mathis 4:00 am Brown Buffalo 1:00 am Retire Safe 5:00 am Washington Week 3:00 am Age Reversed Sunday 18 Midnight Rick Steves’ Special 5:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 4:30 am Mister Rogers 1:30 am Ireland’s Wild Coast 3:00 am Ireland’s Wild Coast Monday 26 Thursday 8 12:00 am Royal Wives at War Midnight Brain Mind Body 4:30 am 3 Steps to Health 1:00 am Call the Midwife 12:30 am Adding Life to Years 2:00 am Call the Midwife 2:30 am 10 Day Belly Slim Monday 19 Midnight Suze Orman 3:00 am Dark Angel 4:00 am Memory Rescue 1:30 am Memory Rescue 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow 3:30 am Rick Steves’ Special 5:00 am Age Reversed
20 Overnight – (34.2)
March (Programs subject to changes)
Thursday 1 Friday 9 Saturday 17 Sunday 25 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Bluegrass Underground 1:00 am Nature: Snowbound 1:00 am This Old House 1:00 am Washington Week 12:30 am Chef’s Life 2:00 am NOVA: Numbers 2:00 am In Their Own Words 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 1:00 am NOVA: Catacomb 3:30 am Frontline 3:00 am In Their Own Words 2:00 am Art in 21st Century 2:00 am Nature: Forest of Lynx 4:30 am Grey Ambition 4:00 am Nature: Jungle 3:00 am Art in 21st Century 3:00 am TBA 5:00 am We’ll Meet Again 5:00 am NOVA: Iceman 4:00 am Independent Lens 4:00 am Brown Buffalo 5:00 am This Old House 5:00 am Washington Week Friday 2 Saturday 10 5:30 am #MeToo, Now What? Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday 18 1:00 am This Old House 1:00 am Washington Week Midnight Bluegrass Underground Monday 26 2:00 am We’ll Meet Again 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 12:30 am Chef’s Life 12:00 am Austin City Limits 3:00 am Animal Creed 2:00 am Art in 21st Century 1:00 am NOVA: Sun 1:00 am Call the Midwife 4:00 am Nature: Snowbound 3:00 am Art in 21st Century 2:00 am Nature: My Congo 2:00 am Call the Midwife 5:00 am NOVA: Chariots 4:00 am Plants Behaving Bad 3:00 am Independent Lens 3:00 am Dark Angel 5:00 am This Old House 4:00 am Plants Behaving Bad 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow Saturday 3 5:00 am Washington Week Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday 11 5:30 am #MeToo, Now What? Tuesday 27 1:00 am Washington Week Midnight Bluegrass Underground Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 12:30 am Chef’s Life Monday 19 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 2:00 am Frontline 1:00 am NOVA: Iceman Midnight Queen’s Garden 2:00 am Call the Midwife 3:00 am Makers 2:00 am Nature: Jungle 1:00 am Royal Wives at War 3:00 am Call the Midwife 4:00 am We’ll Meet Again 3:00 am Independent Lens 2:00 am Highclere Castle 4:00 am Dark Angel 5:00 am This Old House 5:00 am Washington Week 3:00 am Art in 21st Century 5:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 4:00 am Art in 21st Century Wednesday 28 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday 4 5:00 am Plants Behaving Bad Midnight Bluegrass Underground Monday 12 1:00 am Makers 12:30 am Chef’s Life Midnight Widower, Pt. 1 Tuesday 20 3:00 am Into the Night 1:00 am NOVA: Chariots 1:00 am Widower, Pt. 2 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow 3:00 am Nature: Snowbound 2:00 am Widower, Pt. 3 1:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 3:00 am Independent Lens 3:00 am Art in 21st Century 3:00 am Queen’s Garden Thursday 29 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 am American Creed 4:00 am Art in 21st Century 4:00 am Royal Wives at War 1:00 am Nature: Beavers 5:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am Plants Behaving Bad 5:00 am Highclere Castle 2:00 am NOVA: Math 5:30 am #MeToo, Now What? Tuesday 13 Wednesday 21 3:00 am WWII Mega Weapons Monday 5 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 am Independent Lens Midnight Best of PBS 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 1:00 am Al Capone: Icon 12:30 am Royal Bedchamber 2:00 am Widower, Pt. 1 2:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 2 Friday 30 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:30 am Shakespeare’s Tomb 3:00 am Widower, Pt. 2 4:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 1:00 am This Old House 2:30 am POV 4:00 am Widower, Pt. 3 2:00 am Into the Night 4:00am Frontline 5:00 am Art in 21st Century Thursday 22 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 am Nature: Beavers 5:00 am We’ll Meet Again Wednesday 14 1:00 am Nature: Forest of Lynx 5:00 am NOVA: Math Tuesday 6 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am NOVA: Catacomb Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Dead Reckoning 3:00 am Al Capone: Icon Saturday 31 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 2:00 am Dead Reckoning 4:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 2 1:00 am Washington Week 2:00 am Frontline 3:00 am Dead Reckoning 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 3:e0 am Best of PBS 4:00 am Independent Lens Friday 23 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am Soundbreaking 4:00 am Shakespeare’s Curse 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow 1:00 am This Old House 4:00 am Soundbreaking 5:00 am Royal Bedchamber Thursday 15 2:00 am Jackie Robinson, Pt. 1 5:00 am This Old House Wednesday 7 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 am Nature: Forest of Lynx Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Nature: My Congo 5:00 am NOVA: Catacomb 1:00 am In Their Own Words 2:00 am NOVA: Sun 2:00 am In Their Own Words 3:00 am Dead Reckoning Saturday 24 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 3:00 am Independent Lens 4:00 am Dead Reckoning 1:00 am Washington Week 4:00 am Independent Lens 5:00 am Plants Behaving Bad 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow Friday 16 2:00 am Brown Buffalo Thursday 8 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 3:00 am Richard Pryor: Icon Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am This Old House 4:00 am Al Capone: Icon 1:00 am Nature: Jungle 2:00 am Royal Wives at War 5:00 am This Old House 2:00 am NOVA: Iceman 3:00 am Plants Behaving Bad 3:00 am Plants Behaving Bad 4:00 am Nature: My Congo 4:00 am In Their Own Words 5:00 am NOVA: Sun 5:00 am In Their Own Words
21 Overnight – (34.1)
April (Programs subject to changes)
Sunday 1 Monday 9 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 25 Midnight Call the Midwife Midnight TBA Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Austin City Limits 12:30 am Call the Midwife 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am TBA 1:30 am Unforgotten 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 1:00 am Civilizations 3:00 am TBA 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax 2:00 am Call the Midwife 2:00 am TBA 4:00 am TBA 4:00 am Soundbreaking 3:00 am Unforgotten 3:00 am Frontline 5:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am Road to Memphis 4:30 am Last Tango in Halifax 4:00 am Independent Lens 5:30 am #Me Too, Now What? 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow Tuesday 10 Monday 2 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Wednesday 18 Thursday 26 Midnight Independent Lens 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am Emery Blagdon 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 2:30 am Little Women 2:00 am Call the Midwife 1:00 am Civilizations 1:00 am Nature: Rebels 3:00 am Soundbreaking 3:00 am Unforgotten 2:00 am TBA 2:00 am NOVA: Wonders 4:00 am Soundbreaking 4:30 am Last Tango in Halifax 3:00 am Frontline 3:00 am TBA 5:00 am Soundbreaking 5:30 am Katmai: Alaska 4:00 am Independent Lens 4:00 am TBA 5:30 am Katmai: Alaska 5:00 am Civilizations Tuesday 3 Wednesday 11 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Thursday 19 Friday 27 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 1:00 am TBA 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am Call the Midwife 2:00 am TBA 1:00 am NOVA: Weather 1:00 am This Old House 3:00 am Child in Time 3:00 am Frontline 3:00 am POV: Bill Nye 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 4:30 am Little Women 4:00 am Independent Lens 4:30 am Ribbon of Sand 3:00 am Nature: Rebels 5:00 am Makers 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow 5:00 am Civilizations 4:00 am TBA 5:00 am NOVA: Wonders Wednesday 4 Thursday 12 Friday 20 Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Saturday 28 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Road to Memphis: AE 1:00 am Nature: Moose 1:00 am This Old House 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am Black America 2:00 am NOVA: Holocaust 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 1:00 am Washington Week 4:00 am Independent Lens 3:00 am GI Jews 3:00 am Nature: Bionic Pet 1:30 am Amanpour 5:30 am Little Women 4:30 am TBA 4:00 am NOVA: Weather 2:00 am Live Lincoln Center 5:00 am TBA 5:00 am TBA 3:00 am International Jazz Thursday 5 4:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Friday 13 Saturday 21 5:00 am This Old House 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am Nature: Butterflies 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday 29 2:00 am Black America 1:00 am This Old House 1:00 am Washington Week Midnight Bluegrass Underground 4:00 am Black America 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 12:30 am Chef’s Life 3:00 am TBA 2:00 am Live Lincoln Center 1:00 am TBA Friday 6 4:00 am NOVA: Holocaust 3:00 am will.i.am - Landmarks 2:00 am NOVA Wonders Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 am Nature: Moose 4:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 3:00 am Nature: Rebels 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 am This Old House 4:00 am Independent Lens 1:00 am This Old House Saturday 14 5:00 am Civilizations 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday 22 3:00 am Road to Memphis 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Midnight Bluegrass Underground Monday 30 4:00 am Nature: Butterflies 1:00 am Washington Week 12:30 am Chef’s Life Midnight TBA 5:00 am NOVA: Chariots 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 1:00 am NOVA: Weather 12:30 am Call the Midwife 2:00 am Soundbreaking 3:00 am Nature: Bionic Pet 1:30 am Unforgotten Saturday 7 3:00 am Soundbreaking 4:00 am Independent Lens 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand 4:00 am Live Lincoln Center 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 am This Old House 5:00 am International Jazz 1:00 am Washington Week Monday 23 1:30 am #MeToo, Now What? Sunday 15 Midnight TBA 2:00 am Soundbreaking Midnight Bluegrass Underground 12:30 am Call the Midwife 3:00 am Soundbreaking 12:30 am Chef’s Life 1:30 am Unforgotten 4:00 am Soundbreaking 1:00 am NOVA: Holocaust 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax 5:00 am This Old House 2:00 am Nature: Moose 4:00 am POV 3:00 am Independent Lens 5:30 am Katmai: Alaska Sunday 8 4:00 am GI Jews Midnight Bluegrass Underground 5:30 am Katmai: Alaska Tuesday 24 12:30 am Chef’s Life Midnight Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 am NOVA: Chariots Monday 16 12:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe 2:00 am Nature: Butterflies Midnight TBA 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 3:00 am Independent Lens 12:30 am Call the Midwife 2:00 am Call the Midwife 4:30 am Katmai: Alaska 1:30 am Unforgotten 3:00 am Unforgotten 5:00 am Washington Week 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax 4:30 am Last Tango in Halifax 5:30 am #MeToo, Now What? 4:00 am Soundbreaking 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand 5:00 am Soundbreaking 22 Overnight – (34.1) Overnight – (34.2)
April April (Programs subject to changes)
Sunday 1 Monday 9 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 25 Midnight Bluegrass Underground Midnight TBA Midnight Beyond 100 Days Midnight TBA 12:30 am Chef’s Life 12:30 am Call the Midwife 12:30 am TBA 1:00 am Civilizations 1:00 am NOVA: Math 1:30 am Unforgotten 1:00 am TBA 2:00 am TBA 2:00 am Nature: Beavers 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax 2:00 am Call the Midwife 3:00 am TBA 3:00 am Independent Lens 4:00 am Soundbreaking 3:00 am Unforgotten 4:00 am Independent Lens 5:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am Road to Memphis 4:30 am Last Tango in Halifax 5:00 am TBA 5:30 am Me Too, Now What? 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand Tuesday 10 Thursday 26 Monday 2 Midnight Wednesday 18 Midnight TBA Midnight Call the Midwife 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow Midnight TBA 1:00 am Nature: Rebels 1:00 am Child in Time 2:00 am Call the Midwife 1:00 am Civilizations 2:00 am TBA 2:30 am Little Women 3:00 am Unforgotten 2:00 am TBA 3:00 am NOVA: Wonders 3:00 am Soundbreaking 4:30 am Last Tango in Halifax 3:00 am TBA 4:00 am TBA 4:00 am Soundbreaking 5:30 am Katmai: Alaska 4:00 am Independent Lens 5:00 am Civilizations 5:00 am Soundbreaking 5:30 am TBA Wednesday 11 Friday 27 Tuesday 3 Midnight TBA Thursday 19 Midnight TBA Midnight Beyond 100 Days 1:00 am TBA Midnight Beyond 100 Days 1:00 am This Old House 1:30 am Antiques Roadshow 2:00 am TBA 12:30 am TBA 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 2:30 am Call the Midwife 4:00 am Independent Lens 1:00 am NOVA: Weather 3:00 am Nature: Rebels 3:30 am Child in Time 5:00 am Antiques Roadshow 3:00 am POV 4:00 am TBA 5:00 am Little Women 4:30 am TBA 5:00 am NOVA: Wonders 5:30 am TBA Thursday 12 5:00 am Civilizations Midnight Beyond 100 Days Saturday 28 Wednesday 4 1:00 am Nature: Moose Friday 20 Midnight TBA Midnight TBA 2:00 am NOVA: Holocaust Midnight TBA 1:00 am Washington Week 1:00 am Road to Memphis: AE 3:00 am GI Jews 1:00 am This Old House 1:30 am TBA 2:00 am Black America 4:30 am TBA 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 2:00 am Live Lincoln Center 4:00 am Independent Lens 3:00 am Nature: Bionic Pet 3:00 am International Jazz 5:30 am TBA Friday 13 4:00 am NOVA: Weather 4:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage Midnight TBA 5:00 am TBA 5:00 am This Old House Thursday 5 1:00 am This Old House Midnight TBA 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage Saturday 21 Sunday 29 1:00 am Nature: Butterflies 3:00 am TBA Midnight TBA Midnight Bluegrass Underground 2:00 am Black America 4:00 am Nature: Moose 1:00 am Washington Week 12:30 am Chef’s Life 4:00 am Black America 5:00 am NOVA: Holocaust 1:30 am TBA 1:00 am TBA 2:00 am Live Lincoln Center 2:00 am TBA Friday 6 Saturday 14 3:00 am Great Performances 3:00 am Nature: Rebels Midnight TBA Midnight TBA 4:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 4:00 am Independent Lens 1:00 am This Old House 1:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am This Old House 5:00 am Civilizations 2:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 1:30 am TBA 3:00 am Road to Memphis 2:00 am Soundbreaking Sunday 22 Monday 30 4:00 am Nature: Butterflies 3:00 am Soundbreaking Midnight Bluegrass Underground Midnight Mercy Street 5:00 am TBA 4:00 am Tunnel: Sabotage 12:30 am Chef’s Life 12:30 am Call the Midwife 5:00 am This Old House 1:00 am NOVA: Weather 1:30 am Unforgotten Saturday 7 2:00 am TBA 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax Midnight Amanpour Sunday 15 3:00 am Nature: Bionic Pet 4:00 am Live Lincoln Center 1:00 am BBC World News Midnight Bluegrass Underground 4:00 am Independent Lens 5:00 am International Jazz 1:30 am TBA 12:30 am Chef’s Life 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand 2:00 am Washington Week 1:00 am NOVA: Holocaust 2:30 am Me Too, Now What? 2:00 am Nature: Moose Monday 23 3:00 am TBA 3:00 am Independent Lens Midnight TBA 5:00 am This Old House 4:00 am GI Jews 12:30 am Call the Midwife 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand 1:30 am Unforgotten Sunday 8 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax Midnight Bluegrass Underground 4:00 am POV 12:30 am Chef’s Life Monday 16 5:30 am TBA 1:00 am TBA Midnight TBA 2:00 am Nature: Butterflies 12:30 am Call the Midwife Tuesday 24 3:00 am Independent Lens 1:30 am Unforgotten Midnight TBA 4:30 am Katmai: Alaska 3:00 am Last Tango in Halifax 1:00 am Antiques Roadshow 5:00 am Washington Week 4:00 am Soundbreaking 2:00 am Call the Midwife 5:30 am Me Too, Now What? 5:00 am Soundbreaking 3:00 am Unforgotten 4:30 am Last Tango in Halifax 5:30 am TBA
23 Membership Corner
March 2018 Spring Membership Campaign WNIT’s Spring Membership Campaign begins Friday, March 2 and runs through Sunday, March 18. Our on-air membership campaigns remain the most effective way of encouraging viewers to join the WNIT family of supporters. While these drives represent less than two percent of our annual broadcast hours, they do provide WNIT with the majority of revenue required to purchase and produce the regular and local programming enjoyed by everyone throughout northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. Remember to check out the diverse line-up of new pledge programming. There’s something for everyone! And be sure to tell your family and friends why you think supporting WNIT is important and encourage them to do the same. Our Town Encores Encore performances of some of the most popular Our Town programs It’s Viewers Like You who make a real difference to everyone in our are back for another run. We will be featuring a differentOur Town community. Thank you for supporting WNIT! special every Thursday at 8pm on 34.1 in the month of April. TheOur Town series focuses on the communities in Michiana and the people Thank You, Sustainer Members who live or work in those communities and help tell the stories about A big thank you to WNIT sustainer members who make automatic what makes their little corner of the world special. Through this series, ongoing monthly contributions in support of WNIT – Michiana WNIT brings the well-known and sometimes little-known narratives PBS! WNIT sustainer members provide a dependable, ongoing source that make each community distinctive. Tune in to discover more about of funding that allows WNIT to concentrate on producing relevant some of the communities that make up the Michiana region. local programming and airing the quality PBS programs that you April 5 – Our Town: Benton Harbor enjoy, year after year. If you are a WNIT sustainer member, remember April 12 – Our Town: St Joseph that you also qualify for an annual thank-you gift at the pledge level equivalent to your annual gift amount. If you are interested in a thank- April 19 – Our Town: Syracuse you gift, please call the membership team at 574-675-9648. If you are April 26 – Our Town: Buchanan interested in becoming a WNIT sustainer member, call 574-675-9648 or go to wnit.org and click on the big orange DONATE button.
WNIT BOX OFFICE For tickets to upcoming concerts, go to wnit.org or call 574.675.9648 x311 or x330 Brit Floyd – Eclipse World Tour 2018 Tuesday, May 1 Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN Brit Floyd, the world’s greatest Pink Floyd tribute show, returns to the stage in 2018 for a very special 45th anniversary retrospective of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The Brit Floyd show has truly become a phenomenon, faithfully recreating the scale and pomp of the final 1994 Division Bell tour, complete with a stunning million dollar light show, large circle screen and arch plus moving lights, lasers, inflatables and theatrics. A Brit Floyd show really is as close as fans will get to experiencing the magnificence of a Pink Floyd show live. WNIT has tickets and a limited number of special “VIP Meet & Greet Soundcheck Experience” packages available.
24 34.1 Kids 34.2 Kids Programming Programming
Join MONDAY-FRIDAY SATURDAY 6:30 am Wild Kratts 6:00 am Mister Roger’s Neighborhood Kids 7:00 am Ready Jet Go! 6:30 am Dinosaur Train 7:30 am The Cat in the Hat 7:00 am Bob the Builder Club 8:00 am Nature Cat 7:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 am Curious George 8:00 am Pinkalicious Today! 9:00 am Pinkalicious 8:30 am Splash and Bubbles Curious George 9:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 am 9:30 am Nature Cat 10:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 am Ready Jet Go! 10:30 am Splash and Bubbles 10:30 am Wild Kratts 11:00 am Sesame Street 11:00 am Odd Squad • Subscription to the Planner Super Why! 11:30 am 11:30 am Arthur • Free or discounted ticket offers Noon Dinosaur Train for area children’s performances Peg + Cat SUNDAY • WNIT Kids Club backpack with 12:30 pm 6:00 am Sid the Science Kid PBS® children’s items and a book 1:00 pm Sesame Street from Better World Books 6:30 am Dinosaur Train 1:30 pm Splash and Bubbles • Personal pizza from Papa John’s 7:00 am Sesame Street 2:00 pm Curious George • On-air birthday greeting during 7:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood their birthday month and listing 2:30 pm Pinkalicious Pinkalicious in the Planner 8:00 am Nature Cat 3:00 pm Splash and Bubbles • Personalized birthday postcard 8:30 am 3:30 pm Wild Kratts Mister Roger’s Neighborhood • Free family admission to the 9:00 am annual WNIT Kids Day in the Park 4:00 pm Wild Kratts 9:30 am Mixed Nuts Odd Squad (Fri-Friday Fun Zone) • ... and more! 4:30 pm 10:00 am Ready Jet Go! 5:00 pm Odd Squad 10:30 am Wild Kratts $50 per year for all kids or 11:00 am SciGirl SUNDAY grandkids in your immediate 11:30 am Arthur 6:00 am Curious George family. Joining is easy! Noon Cyberchase 6:30 am Curious George CALL 574-675-9648, EXT. 311 7:00 am Peg + Cat OR GO TO WNIT.ORG. 7:30 am Dinosaur Train 8:00 am Cyberchase 8:30 am Biz Kids
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our WNIT Kids Club Members
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25 Production News
WNIT’s EducationCounts_Michiana Makes Great Impact Over the Last Year! EducationCounts_Michiana, WNIT ’s weekly, program series and internet- EducationCounts_Michiana highlighted many wins throughout the based resource, was launched in November 2016 with the intention of education community. Three stories, in particular, touched the heart of highlighting positive examples of learning in the Michiana area, as well our viewers throughout the community. Tippecanoe Schools, along with as identifying problem areas in education from birth to retirement and help from a state grant, installed a wind turbine to power their schools. developing solutions to combat those problems. Two series in our first Plymouth High School’s Dance Marathon raised money for Riley’s year that focused heavily on educational issues were “Mental Health & Hospital in Indianapolis. And, in St. Joseph, Michigan, the Project Search Trauma” and “Expansion of the Summer Semester.“ program gave students with disabilities an opportunity to work in the “Mental Health & Trauma” is often an issue that flies under the radar in hospital as interns. the classroom. Past trauma, abuse, parent’s divorce, etc., are all issues that We have listened to our viewers and educators and will be telling the impact the academic success of a student. We talked with experts and stories they are requesting. These are stories that will shed even more teachers who are working to identify issues and get students the help they light on complex educational topics that we know will jumpstart many need. important conversations. We look forward to getting feedback from “Expansion of the Summer Semester” profiled three area colleges who our viewers that will continue to shape the future of Education Counts_ have expanded course offerings in the summer. Many students are now Michiana. taking advantage of this third semester to complete their undergraduate degree in 3 years. College students today are often taking on a lot of debt to go to school, and because of that debt, they are incentivized to enter the workforce as quickly as possible. WNIT Welcomes Brent Fox WNIT to Air Civilizations Acclaimed film, theater and television actor Liev Schreiber will narrate to EducationCounts_Michiana this series, which tells the story of art from the dawn of human history to Brent Fox comes to WNIT and the the present day — for the first time on a global scale. Michiana region having grown up outside Civilizations will premiere on WNIT on Tuesday, April 17, 8pm, with the of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. next four episodes airing Tuesdays through May 15. Four more episodes Always interested in news, he worked for will air in June. his high school newspaper as a reporter and editor, receiving honors and awards at the The two episodes airing in April are: state level. He also worked for the school’s “The Second Moment of Creation” (April 17) - Seventy thousand years television station as a writer, anchor and ago, the first known examples of humans expressing themselves creatively sportscaster and was a member of multiple were simple, abstract etchings. Over tens of thousands of years, this Emmy-winning crews. impulse evolved into painted and sculpted depictions of the animal world While at Emerson College in Boston, Brent worked as a reporter for the … and eventually of the human form itself. college radio station and one of the television stations. After receiving a “How Do We Look?” (April 24) – From the Terracotta Army of China to bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College, he went the Colossi of Ramses II in Egypt, the human form has been a dominant on to earn a master’s in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse subject for artists throughout history. Each civilization and era, however, University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication. sees the meaning of this art differently. Brent’s work experience includes time with Time Warner Cable News in In nine episodes, Civilizations travels across the globe, visiting such Ithaca and WCYB in Bristol, Virginia. cultural landmarks as the great mosques of Istanbul, the ancient cities of Brent has always been a storyteller and hopes to bring his unique style Mesoamerica, the Buddhist caves of Ajanta in India, the Aztecs’ Templo Mayor in modern Mexico City and the funeral site of China’s first of writing and viewer engagement to EducationCounts_Michiana. He is looking forward to working with educators and community members to emperor. Civilizations explores a sweeping range of topics, including the tell their stories. earliest human cultural artifacts and the representation of the body in art, what happens when different civilizations encounter each other, and the nature of “renaissances” around the world.
26 DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Presenting Series An Irish Heart with Chloë Agnew and the AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME. Atlanta Pops Orchestra MARCH 24 AT 7:30 P.M.
Celtic Woman’s star vocalist in an evening of SEE THEM Irish music, standards + Broadway powered by the fabulous Atlanta Pops. Patti LuPone APRIL 20 AT 7:30 P.M.
ON THE PRESENTING SERIES!! LuPone was the Grammys’ Broadway LIVE moment—now the legend performs her one- woman show, Don’t Monkey With Broadway, What’s Next is on sale NOW at performingarts.nd.edu for you.
Ticket Office: (574) 631-2800 M–F, noon–6 p.m.
Excellence...in Early Childhood Education Now Enrolling for the 18-19 School Year Enrollment Open to the Public Children ages 3-5, offering preschool and child care schedules Early Childhood Development Center at Saint Mary’s College
Early Childhood For information please call: NAEYC Accredited – Development Promoting Excellence 574-284-4693 in Early Childhood or online at: ecdc.nd.edu Education Center
18_19_NowEnrollingAd.indd 1 2/8/18 10:35 AM Honor Roll Members
WNIT would like to recognize the following Honor Roll Members for their loyal support! Stanley and Linda L. Rupnow Thomas Carten William Minter 30 YEARS Stephen and Barbara Seall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cherba Glenn Molebash Richard and Anna Mae Anderson Woodrow and Margaret Whidden Eleanor Demarco Carol Moutray Alice and John Bentley William and Norma Wilson Martin Dixon Bruce Moyer Robert and Virginia Boles Linda and Thomas Finke Kristina O’Chap Bruce Bunker and Kathie Newman 15 YEARS James Fordyce Marilyn and Paul Ott Mr. and Mrs. Ross Burdge Mary Louise Audi Steve Furnivall Nancy Paris Alan Camren Virginia Bedunah Marcia Gard Suzanne Petrimoulx Glen and Joyce Cook Jackie Boynton Alan Gigous Charles Richards Laura Fuderer Joyce Buschert J. Elaine Grove Gene Rogers Dolores Grizzell Mrs. James Butler Deborah Harris Lynda Sardeson Eunice and Roy Hershberger Galen P. Cawley Susan Hartup-Neuffer Thomas and Hazel Hufziger Betty Cukrowicz Joyce Schuck Michael W. Johnson Parke and Laura Cummins Carol Hennion Lyle Smith Joyce Kevorkian Candyce Discavage James and Jill Hillman Pamela Smith Brenda Knowles and Gary and Linda Henderson Rick Hoover Thomas T. Spencer Paul Kochanowski Deborah and Melvin Jacobson Mary Suzanne Horan Joy McCoy Stemm Joyce and William Kretz Victoria Joseph-Nyikos Candace and Maury Hurwich Doug and Helen Strycker Brian and Ginger Lake Keith and Emily King Dianna Jackson Andy and Virginia Velez Mrs. Elsie Leitner Marchelle Kline Susan and Kenneth Karkiewicz Akshay Waghray John and Constance Long Zita Kohout Dorothy Kelly Richard A. Warford, Jr. Shari and D. Thomas Mellin Patricia McQuade Marshall King and Bethany Swope Rhoda Weldy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peterson Allen Molebash Alan Larson Julie Wells James and Mary Rasp Mary Pielmeier John Lendel Len and Jacque Wilson Dale R. South, Jr. Janet Quimby Eric and Audrey Lester Dr. David Wyncott and Nancy Taylor Mary and George Marsh Mr. Andrew Hoffmann Jill and Steve Ross Michael and Julie Yates Kenneth Teague John Smith Lynn McCormack Daniel Tom Ronald and Doris Menges Bonnie Yeazel Paulette Steinke Patrick Yowell Mary Sue Weinzetl Carole Streeter Nan Meyer 25 YEARS Tom Topash Betty M. Briggs Kathleen Whitmer John and Pat Cary 10 YEARS Cristeen and James Causey Christopher Clarke EXCEPTIONAL Aladean DeRose Toni Cook Evelyn and Harold Farmer Don Fessenden and Sara Maurer RETIREMENT LIVING Leslie and William Gitlin John Fisher AT HOLY CROSS VILLAGE Mary and John Hagen Esther S. Harlan Ted L. Halbritter III Barbara Jester estled among three institutions of higher Joseph Hanley Edgar J. Lovelady learning, Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame Joseph and Gail Hickner Richard Lynch N Mary Lucchese Vern and Carol Malich is a senior living community unlike anything Thomas and Gloria Marullo Gloria Mance else around. Our warm and inviting Paul and Carol Nye Cindy McCraner Janet E. and Harvey W. Ross Jim and Janet McCraner community offers: Richard and Nancy Saunders John Nash Anne Schmitz Craig Norman Independent Living Dixie and Ethan Strawser Alice Parker Homes and Apartments Catherine and Peter Walshe Barbara Price Robert White Michael and Marjorie Reichmann Assisted Living Apartments Ronald A. and Mary P. Rennells 20 YEARS Skilled Nursing Julian A. and Susan Dhoore Ty and Cathy Scopel William and Laura Drinkall Jacquelyn Stephens Memory Care Brenda and Doug Farmwald Bill Templin Priscilla Felton Kim Teska Rehabilitation Services Joan and Lyndal Fox Richard P. Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Michael Freid Jane Underly Call (574) 251-2235 today for more John Timothy Wixted Oliver and Laura Grimm information and to schedule a tour Cynthia and John Harville Robert and Cynthia Ziliak C.V. Jones 5 YEARS David and Kay King Simon Addicott 54515 State Rd., 933 North Mary Ann Kwiecinski Bonnie Anderson Notre Dame, IN 46556 Raymond and Kay Laney Arthur Anderson Tonya Moore Reginald F. Bain www.holycrossvillage.com Kim Moyer Sally Bawtinheimer Holy Cross Village is a continuing care retirement community, sponsored Jerry Rankert Clyde J Beutien by the Brothers of Holy Cross, with a tradition of caring, compassion Lera L. Reinholt Ann and Carl Biek and trust. Holy Cross Village welcomes people of all faiths. Karin and Hugh Rettinger Anthony and Katia Birdie Supporter Spotlight Tom & Maria Slager
WNIT recognizes Tom and Maria Slager. In addition to being area business leaders and philanthropists, Tom and Maria are steadfast supporters and friends of WNIT. Tom has served over 25 years on the WNIT Board of Directors, including terms as Board Treasurer, service on numerous strategic and planning committees and being a trusted advisor on the Budget, Audit & Finance Committee. Tom’s financial aptitude and dedication to WNIT have been invaluable assets to the organization. Maria was instrumental in helping to furnish and decorate the WNIT Center for Public Media, has helped on and chaired various WNIT events. Her company, Office Interiors, where she serves as Chairman, has been a long-time WNIT underwriter. Maria’s enthusiastic support of WNIT is greatly appreciated. WNIT thanks the Slagers for all they have done and continue to do to support the mission of public television in the Michiana area.
Directors’ Circle
The WNIT Directors’ Circle represents a very dedicated and select group of individuals who, by their commitment, contribute to the total annual support which is the foundation of WNIT’s operating budget. These essential annual contributions make possible the great programs that everyone in Michiana enjoys. Diamond Level ($10,000 +) Silver Level ($1,000 +) James V. Leach George Beutter Max and Lydia Mertz Jodie Cocquyt** Anonymous (1) Drs. Gail English and Nancy Binder Brad and Mickey Miller Arthur J. Decio Stephen and Nancy Ball Nels Leininger Brian and Jeannelle Brady Jeffrey Miller The Garcia Family Charitable (Pathfinders Advertising & Don and Joan Lyons George and Patricia Burgoyne Anna Milligan Foundation Marketing Group, Inc.) Paul and Jessica Maich Ed and Carla Chester Pat and Carol Moody Craig D. Sullivan and Jo Ann and Joe Blazek Chris Maziar Geoff and Kathy Church Kevin and Anita Morrison Cynthia L. Harris James and June Blue Dr. Debra and Rodney McClain Thoms G. Coley, Ph. D. Mary Naquin Anne Hillman Jack and Karen Cittadine V. Richard and Jane K. Miller Richard and Jean Dennen Philip and Mary Newbold, Glenn and Patty Killoren Barbara Clausen Robert and Jane Miller Tim Dennig Beacon Health System Ernestine M. Raclin Marianne Corr Dr. and Mrs. Brian Moloney Mary Pat and Robert Deputy Dr. Rob and Lee Riley James F. Shea Tom Corson Susan Ohmer and Donald Crafton Greg and Mary Downes Maritza Robles** Sonny and Dee Tepe The Cressy Foundation Neil and Diane Orians Doris Ann Doyle Fred and Chris Rowe Mrs. Jane Warner* Promit and Monali Das Steven and Pam Perlewitz Ken and Mary Eme David and Mitzi Sabato Ann and Fred Dean Barb and John Phair Jill and Chris Erb Dr. William and Diane Sarnat Platinum Level ($5,000 +) Robin and Lisa Douglass Michael and Amy Phend Tony Fitts and Ramona Payne Judy and Bob Schmuhl Howard and Marie Goodhew Fund Thomas and Elizabeth Eisele Donna and Mark Richter Joyce Simpson of the Community Foundation Joan and Lyndal Fox of St. Joseph County Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elick The Honorable and Mrs. George and Kathy Freese Sonja Smith James W. Rieckhoff Mrs. Sue Hiler Fred and Mary Jane Ferlic Jody and Mike Freid Carl Snyder and Rita Judith Robert and Thomas Schobert Snyder Chris and Carmi Murphy Susan and David Findlay Steven and Susan Funk J. Kapacinskas Eve Sobol Welter Foundation Tom and Susan Fischbach Nancy and Terry Gerber Steve and Connie Rufenbarger Oliver C. Songlingco, M.D., P.C. Roger and Joyce Foley Fund of Maggie and Steve Goldberg the Community Foundation Tom and Maria Slager Tom and Joyce Sopko Gold Level ($2,500 +) Margie and Paul Goldwin of St. Joseph County James F. and Sherry L. Smith Joyce and Richard Stifel Anonymous (1) Donald and Lynn Groenleer Stephen and Barbara Fredman Perry Stow and Andrea Thom and Jeannine Villing Billie and David Bankoff Mather-Stow Janice and Larry Harding Mrs. L. Craig Fulmer Barbara Warner Katy and Tim Demarais Kimberley D. Sundy Charles S. Hayes Rodney and Carol Ganey Phid and Jeff Wells Barbara Dillon Mike and Dena Wargo Mary Suzanne Horan Van and Jean Gates Dorothy and Dar Wiekamp* William and Leslie Gitlin Peggy Weed Carol and Craig Kapson Gates Fund of the Barbara and Bruce Williams James W. and Sally F. Hubbard Community Foundation Patrick Welch James and Christine Kelly Joseph and Barbara Wind The Jordanich Family Fund of of St. Joseph County Michael and Julie Yates Gretchen and Dean Kimble John and Carolyn Wolf the Community Foundation Dave and Ginny Gibson Barbara and Donald T. Kindt of St. Joseph County Nancy Wuthrich Mary Beth and Greg Giczi Brian and Ginger Lake Sara and Abraham Marcus Bronze Level ($500 +) Nancy C. Yob Michael and Karen Harmon Anonymous (4) Betty Laramore Perry and Ida Reynolds Watson III Douglas and Janette Yoder James and Jill Hillman Dottie and Tom Arnold Gunnel Lofgren Pat and Sue Ruszkowski Julia A. Zahler Brian L. and Donna J. Hoover Dan and Laurie Balla Jerry and Becky Lutkus Lorrie and Bill Schmuhl Dr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes Bruce and Linda Bancroft Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lux Cari and Barry Shein * Ralph Komasinski and Stuart and Paula Barb Ron and Dolores McDonald Deceased Charter Director Thomas F. and Anita J. Veldman Katherine Humphreys **Deceased In Memory of Adam Barker Laurence and Barbara McHugh Ernest and Gerda Zellerr Mike and Rebecca Kubacki Kathy Malone Beeler Joann and Brian McMahon Joseph and Nancy Jo Kuzmitz Richard Belcher Tom and Shari Mellin 29 Wnit Supporters
1st Source Bank Brown Funeral Home Economic Development Corporation of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Halloran Diane and Mike Kelbel Antiques Roadshow The Spaniels: Doo Wop Christmas Elkhart County Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legends: The Leighton Legacy Austin City Limits Pat and Jerry Bruckner Legends: Satish Shah Hanson Group Kem Krest Black History Month 2018 Legends: The Leighton Legacy Electronic Inc. Our Town: St. Joseph Economic Outlook Great Performances Buchanan Art Center Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Bob Bartels EducationCounts_Michiana Holiday Programming Our Town: Buchanan Elkhart & St Joseph Counties Head Start Harbor Town Interiors Legends: Satish Shah Inside INdiana Business Buchanan Meadows Consortium Our Town: St. Joseph Barb and Bruce Knutson Legends: Bob Bartels Our Town: Buchanan Children’s Programming Ed and JoAnn Hardig Legends: Bob Bartels NOVA Buchanan Moose Lodge Elkhart Child Development Center Legends: Bob Bartels Koontz Wagner Construction Services Our Town Our Town: Buchanan Black History Month 2018 Drs. Jim and Holly Harris Campus Crossroads PBS NewsHour Burkhart Miller Family Children’s Programming Legends: Satish Shah Kosciusko County Community Foundation 32 Pearls Family Dentistry Legends: Bob Bartels Elkhart Civic Theater Hearth & Home Our Town: Syracuse Children’s Programming Carleton Inc. Miscellaneous Programming Home Improvement Programming Koto Casual Asian Dining AEP / Indiana Michigan Power Legends: Satish Shah Elkhart County Symphony Heat & Frost Insulators Local 75 Miscellaneous Programming Business Programming Legends: The Leighton Legacy Miscellaneous Programming Campus Crossroads KoZmo Events Aladdin’s Eatery Carmela’s at Macri’s Elkhart Rotary Club Legends: Bob Bartels Antiques Roadshow Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Programming Catherine and John Hiler Experience Michiana Alick’s Home Medical CASA ESCO Communications Legends: The Leighton Legacy Masterpiece Classic Antiques Roadshow Miscellaneous Programming Campus Crossroads Debbie and Rich Hill Miscellaneous Programming Black History Month 2018 C.E. Lee Decorating Center Fairhaven Obstetrics & Gynecology Legends: The Leighton Legacy Krasl Art Center Lawrence Welk Downton Abbey 2018 Call the Midwife Holladay Properties Miscellaneous Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Center for the Homeless Call the Midwife Holiday Special Legends: Bob Bartels Rebecca and Michael Kubacki Legends: Satish Shah Miscellaneous Programming Family Dental Health Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame Legends: Bob Bartels Miscellaneous Programming Legends: The Leighton Legacy Channel Marker Restaurant Legends: Bob Bartels James R. Kuehl Our Town: Syracuse Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Masterpiece: Victoria Legends: Bob Bartels Miscellaneous Programming Preserve Alpha Kappa Alpha Charlie’s Butcher Block Homan Lumber Mart Kuert Concrete Inc. Legends: Satish Shah Our Town: Buchanan Ask This Old House Campus Crossroads Black History Month 2018 First Federal Savings Bank AM General City of Mishawaka - Mayor Dave Wood Horizon Bank Laborers Local 645 Black History Month 2018 Miscellaneous Programming Black History Month 2018 Campus Crossroads The Vietnam War Fischoff National Chamber Music American Legion #51 City of South Bend - Mayor Pete Buttigieg Association Hovenkamp’s Produce Lake City Bank Our Town: Buchanan Legends: Bob Bartels Miscellaneous Programming Children’s Programming Antiques Roadshow Cooking Programming American Masters Amtrak Comcast Fitness Industry The Spaniels: Doo Wop Christmas EduationCounts_Michiana Our Town: Buchanan IBEW Local Union 153 Arts Programming Campus Crossroads Anderson, Agostino & Keller Community Foundation of Elkhart County Five Star Sheets Dinner & a Book Downton Abbey 2018 Legends: Satish Shah Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legends: Bob Bartels Experience Michiana EducationCounts_Michiana Community Foundation of St. Joseph Food Bank of Northern Indiana Imperial Woodworking Company Finding Your Roots Masterpiece: Victoria County Downton Abbey 2018 Campus Crossroads Legends: Bob Bartels Arts Programming IOI / Interlogic Outsourcing Inc. Outdoor Elements Anonymous Experience Michiana Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Bob Bartels The Vietnam War EducationCounts_Michiana Lake Michigan College – The Mendel CooperBoettger CPA’s Legends: Bob Bartels Center Drs. Zoreen and Rafat Ansari/Ansari Our Town: Benton Harbor Four Flags Antique Mall Charitable Foundation Miscellaneous Programming Legends: Satish Shah Miscellaneous Programming Our Town: St. Joseph Our Town: Benton Harbor Legends: Bob Bartels Friends Early Learning Center Indiana Beverage Legends: The Leighton Legacy Cornerstone Alliance Legends: Bob Bartels Our Town: Buchanan Our Town: Benton Harbor Children’s Programming The Arthur J. Decio Foundation Legends: The Leighton Legacy Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Our Town: St. Joseph Sesame Street Our Town: St. Joseph Carpenters Lakeland Animal Clinic Connie Fulmer Campus Crossroads ASA Electronics Cosimo & Susie’s A Bit of Italy Legends: Satish Shah Our Town: Syracuse Nature Italian Cooking Programming Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations – Fort Lakeland HealthCare Gene’s Camera Store Wayne NOVA Crossroads Bank Downton Abbey 2018 Our Town: Benton Harbor Wild Kratts Our Town: Syracuse Children’s Programming Our Town: St. Joseph Gerber Manufacturing Indiana University South Bend BAC Local 4 IN/KY Crowe Horwath, LLP Legends: Bob Bartels Latin American Chamber of Commerce Campus Crossroads Legends: Bob Bartels Black History Month 2018 Miscellaneous Programming Gibson Legends: Bob Bartels Linda and Bruce Bancroft Crystal Springs Florist & Garden Center Antiques Roadshow Laven Insurance Children’s Programming Our Town: Benton Harbor Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legends: Bob Bartels Our Town: St. Joseph Debbi and Bruce Gobdel IU Health Goshen Heart & Vascular Billie and David Bankoff Legends: Satish Shah LEAD USA Legends: Bob Bartels D & W, Inc. Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Programming Business Programming Gold Eagle Co. IUSB – Ernestine M. Raclin School of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP Legends: Satish Shah Robert and Shirley Lee Business Programming Dan Berry Insurance the Arts Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legend: Bob Bartels Steven A. Goldberg, CPA Black History Month 2018 Legends: Bob Bartels Black History Month 2018 Miscellaneous Programming Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors Legends: The Leighton Legacy Deb Childs – State Farm Insurance Campus Crossroads Black History Month 2018 Legends: Bob Bartels Mary and Ron Jaicomo Rob Bartels Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legends: Bob Bartels Lewis Bakeries Legends: Bob Bartels DeBartolo Performing Arts Center/ Legends: Bob Bartels Browning Cinema Miscellaneous Programming Jason Ward, Attorney Beacon Health System Washington Week Children’s Programming Lexus of Mishawaka Legends: The Leighton Legacy Miscellaneous Programming Black History Month 2018 Arthur J. Decio Goodwill Industries Jasper Plastics Bear Cave RV Campground Miscellaneous Prime Time L.L. Johnson Lumber Mfg. Co. Legends: Satish Shah Our Town: Syracuse Miscellaneous Programming Our Town: Buchanan Goshen Birth Center Delta Dental Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley Logan Community Resources Bella’s Gifts and Memories Children’s Programming Call the Midwife Miscellaneous Programming The Spaniels: Doo Wop Christmas Call the Midwife Holiday Special Children’s Programming Richard and Jean Dennen Dr. Joyce Jilek, DDS Miscellaneous Programming BellTower Health & Rehabilitation Center Legends: Bob Bartels James F. Groves Our Town: Buchanan The Vietnam War Legends: The Leighton Legacy Lubeznik Center for the Arts Mary Pat and Robert Deputy JJ White, Inc. Miscellaneous Programming Berrien Metal Products Legends: Bob Bartels Gurley Leep Automotive Family Campus Crossroads Our Town: Buchanan Legends: Bob Bartels MACIAF Legends: Satish Shah Jordan Automotive Campus Crossroads Better World Books Gymnastics Michiana Legends: Bob Bartels Children’s Programming Katy and Duke Downey Mach 1 Packaging – Frank Massa Legends: The Leighton Legacy Children’s Programming Miscellaneous Programming Bingham & Loughlin, P.C. Legends: Satish Shah E & C Marketing Agency HALBRITTER-Wickens Funeral Services Jordan Ford Legends: Bob Bartels Masterpiece: Victoria Main Channel Marina Legends: Bob Bartels Dinner & a Book Our Town: Syracuse Boling Vision Center Mel Hall Economic Outlook Legends: Satish Shah Early Childhood Alliance Marcus Realty, LLC Miscellaneous Programming Black History Month 2018 Experience Michiana Bradley Company Economic Outlook Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Bob Bartels Early Childhood Development Center, Inc. Outdoor Elements Legends: The Leighton Legacy Children’s Programming Legends: Satish Shah Politically Speaking Brookwood Golf Course The Vietnam War Masterpiece: Victoria Our Town: Buchanan East Bank Emporium Restaurant Judee’s Miscellaneous Prime Time Downton Abbey 2018 East Main Gardens Florist-Greenhouse Tyler Kanczuzewski The Spaniels: Doo Wop Christmas Legends: Bob Bartels Martin’s Super Markets Barb & John Phair Sonny’s Restaurant The Belden Brick Company Visit South Bend / Mishawaka Black History Month 2018 Children’s Programming Our Town: Buchanan Campus Crossroads Miscellaneous Programming Nature Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 172 Joyce and Tom Sopko The Dental Center Vite Greenhouses Matthews, LLC Campus Crossroads Legends: The Leighton Legacy Children’s Programming Our Town: Buchanan Legends: Bob Bartels PNC Bank South Bend Children’s Dentistry The Frame Factory Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts Maxwelton Golf Club Economic Outlook Children’s Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Miscellaneous Programming Our Town: Syracuse Science Minute South Bend City Clerk – Kareemah Fowler The Greater Elkhart Chamber of Wawasee Boat Co., Inc. McCarty Well Drilling Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Black History Month 2018 Commerce Our Town: Syracuse Our Town: Buchanan Dinner & a Book Legends: Bob Bartels Economic Outlook Wawasee Property Owners Association Maura and Fran McDonald Economic Outlook South Bend Civic Theatre The History Museum Our Town: Syracuse Legends: Bob Bartels EducationCounts_Michiana Miscellaneous Programming Legends: The Leighton Legacy Fran and Randy Welch McDonald Physical Therapy Experience Michiana South Bend Community School The Horton Group Legends: Bob Bartels Campus Crossroads Outdoor Elements Corporation Legends: Bob Bartels Welch Packaging Group McDowell Enterprises Politically Speaking Black History Month 2018 The Judd Leighton Foundation Legends: Satish Shah Legends: Satish Shah Poly-Wood LLC South Bend Cubs Legends: Bob Bartels Weldy’s Sales & Service Leo McKernan Our Town: Syracuse Children’s Programming The Lerner Theatre Our Town: Buchanan Legends: The Leighton Legacy Potawatomi Zoological Society Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: The Leighton Legacy Wellfield Botanic Gardens Meridian Title Children’s Programming Miscellaneous Prime Time The Market Place Legends: Satish Shah Legends: The Leighton Legacy Miscellaneous Programming Nature Miscellaneous Programming Chuck Welter Michiana Antique Mall Mary Ann and Tom Poulin NOVA The Medical Foundation Legends: Bob Bartels Masterpiece: Victoria Legends: The Leighton Legacy South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society Legends: Bob Bartels Westmain Tavern Miscellaneous Programming Prairie Farms Dairy Outdoor Elements The Milton Home Our Town: Syracuse Michiana Eye Center Legends: Bob Bartels South Bend Farmer’s Market Legends: Bob Bartels WoodsToBe Trees Miscellaneous Programming Priebe’s Creative Woodworking Miscellaneous Programming The PC Doctor This Old House Michiana Family YMCA Our Town: Benton Harbor South Bend Human Rights Commission Business Programming Bob Wozny Miscellaneous Programming Our Town: St. Joseph Miscellaneous Programming The Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Legends: The Leighton Legacy Michigan Gateway Community Foundation Pro Wake Watersports South Bend Museum of Art Dinner & a Book Julia Zahler Our Town: Buchanan Our Town: Syracuse Legends: The Leighton Legacy The S/L/A/M Collaborative Legends: Satish Shah Midland Engineering Puerto Vallarta Express South Bend Regional Chamber Campus Crossroads Zimmer Biomet Campus Crossroads Miscellaneous Programming Economic Outlook The Troyer Group Black History Month 2018 Mill Pond Apartments Ernestine M. Raclin Inside Indiana Business Economic Outlook NOVA Our Town: Buchanan Legends: The Leighton Legacy Politically Speaking The Village at Winona Roberta and Ben Ziolowski Marilyn and Joe Miller Real Services South Bend Symphony Orchestra Dinner & a Book Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legends: Bob Bartels Black History Month 2018 Miscellaneous Programming Economic Outlook Legends: The Leighton Legacy Red Bud MX South Bend Tribune EducationCounts_Michiana BUSINESS CLUBS Anne and Sam Milligan Our Town: Buchanan Legends: Bob Bartels Experience Michiana Chariman’s Club ($1,000) Legends: Bob Bartels Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Programming History Detectives Lee, Groves & Zalas Mills Entertainment Campus Crossroads Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra Outdoor Elements Lyons Industries, Inc. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood River Bend Film Festival Miscellaneous Programming The Willows Assisted Living President’s Club ($500) Mishawaka Furniture Miscellaneous Programming Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council Our Town: St. Joseph Sylvester & Tessie Kaminski Foundation Women’s Programming River Bend Hose Specialty Our Town: Benton Harbor Therapeutic Indulgence Montessori Academy at Edison Lakes Masterpiece: Victoria Sea. 2 Our Town: St. Joseph Children’s Programming Therapeutic Indulgence Miscellaneous Programming Motorweek Spartan Chemical Company, Inc. Janet and Larry Thompson Corporate Club ($250) Mossberg & Company The Vietnam War Legends: Satish Shah Legends: Bob Bartels Bingham & Loughlin, P.C. Children’s Programming River Front Forge SpartanNash Tire Rack Elkhart Child Development Tony, Sarah, Lexi and Hudson Mudd Miscellaneous Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Black History Month 2018 Sew Creative Threads Legends: Satish Shah RMC Quality Construction St. Joseph County Airport Authority The Vietnam War Tuesley Hall Konopa, LLP Chris and Carmi Murphy Our Town: Buchanan BBC World News Todd Realty Inc. Vail Rubber Works Legends: Bob Bartels Ronald McDonald House Charities PBS NewsHour Our Town: Syracuse Legends: The Leighton Legacy Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Programming Town of Syracuse KID’S CLUB AND RAISING READERS Musical Arts Indiana Rose Brick St. Joseph County Health Department Our Town: Syracuse John Anderson Foundation Miscellaneous Programming Campus Crossroads Miscellaneous Programming Treat’s Squire Shop Better World Books Mutual Bank Sue and Pat Ruszkowski St. Joseph Valley Building & Construction Miscellaneous Programming Early Childhood Alliance Our Town: Syracuse Legends: The Leighton Legacy Trades Council Tri-Pac Indian Summer Navarre Hospitality Group Saint Joseph Health System Campus Crossroads Legends: Satish Shah Legends: Bob Bartels Mossberg & Company Legends: Satish Shah BBC World News Tri-State Maintenance Papa John’s Oaklawn Dinner & a Book Stanz Foodservice Business Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Bob Bartels News Programming St. Joseph County Parks Economic Outlook Sylvester & Tessie Kaminski Dale O’Chap EducationCounts_Michiana Starks Funeral Home Troyer Foods Legends: The Leighton Legacy Our Town: St. Joseph Legends: Bob Bartels Foundation Experience Michiana YMCA of Michiana Office Interiors Outdoor Elements Stone Soup Batiks Twinlode Corporation Miscellaneous Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Satish Shah Politically Speaking PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Old Creamery Antiques Lorrie and Bill Schmuhl Andrea Mather-Stow and Perry Stow United Beverage Alpha Graphics Legends: The Leighton Legacy Miscellaneous Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Bob Bartels Duley Press Old National Bank Legends: Satish Shah Stephen and Sue Studer United Federal Credit Union Legends: The Leighton Legacy Express Press Black History Month 2018 Legends: The Leighton Legacy Our Town: Benton Harbor Mossberg & Company Pain Management Group Stephanie and Todd Schurz Sunny Italy Café Our Town: Buchanan Rink Printing Miscellaneous Prime Time Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: The Leighton Legacy Our Town: St. Joseph Palmer Funeral Homes Select Health Network Sherry and Larry Swank The Spaniels: Doo Wop Christmas GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS Legends: Bob Bartels BBC World News America Legends: The Leighton Legacy United Way of Elkhart County 1st Source WNIT Fund - CFSJC Panzica Building Corporation Frontline Sweeney Julian Trial Attorneys EducationCounts_Michiana WNIT Public Television Fund – CFSJC Legends: The Leighton Legacy Nature Austin City Limits United Way of St. Joseph County Papa John’s Pizza NOVA Legends: The Leighton Legacy EducationCounts_Michiana Children’s Programming PBS NewsHour Politically Speaking Miscellaneous Programming Patchwork Dance Company SEMCO Energy Sweeper Remedy University of Notre Dame Miscellaneous Programming Our Town: Buchanan Our Town: Syracuse Legends: The Leighton Legacy Patrick Industries, Inc. Sew Creative Threads Tabor Hill Winery & Restaurant Bob Urbanski Children’s Programming Legends: Bob Bartels Our Town: Buchanan Legends: Bob Bartels Peacock & Company Sew It All Talented Tenth Warehousing, LLC Legends: The Leighton Legacy Legends: Bob Bartels Sewing with Nancy Black History Month 2018 Van Horne Jewelers Legends: The Leighton Legacy Shakespeare at Notre Dame TCU Insurance Agency Business Programming Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Programming Legends: Satish Shah Keeping Up Appearances Dan Pfeifer Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 Teachers Credit Union Masterpiece Legends: The Leighton Legacy Campus Crossroads Biz Kids Veldman’s Automotive Service Center Black History Month 2018 Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak Silver Beach Carousel Black History Month 2018 Austin City Limits Our Town: St. Joseph Dinner & a Book Frank and Elizabeth Verterano Economic Outlook Charlie Rose Snite Museum of Art Legends: Bob Bartels Legends: Bob Bartels Black History Month 2018 EducationCounts_Michiana Villing & Company Pledge Programming Legends: The Leighton Legacy Experience Michiana EducationCounts_Michiana Richard Pfeil Masterpiece: Victoria Nightly Business Report Visit Fort Wayne Legends: Bob Bartels Outdoor Elements Children’s Programming Information correct as of press Miscellaneous Programming date. 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